Stephen A. describes what the Warriors' 3-0 lead reveals about the Mavericks | First Take 

His yelling is fun to watch for entertainment !! 😂😂

Go to a court room then 😂

That's cause he's nervous around JJ

ya, but he says Donchick. I mean...everyone knows the name...

@@fivefiveshortguy this!!!

Four, don't forget about Iggy.

@@xavierwoodley Eh, idk about that.

@@xavierwoodley hes not playing though

@@xavierwoodley iggy doesnt need to be a hall of famer to be a legend, he already is one

Facts bro I seen this game one Draymond been fooling everybody the whole time 🤣😂 I said it watch he be shooting 3s and everything and making them 🤣 and klay hasnt even returned to rare form yet which is scary don't be surprised in the finals you see golden state turn it up another level because steph want that MVP but also Draymond is a competitor he may get it steph is a team player first so he will sacrifice for the team in order to win

JJ should be full time

Dude..I was literally thinking the same thing. I've never agreed with Stephen A until recently. I think JJ is putting him in his place. He even speaks calmer which is amazing.

Well put.

Underrated comment

Got enough sleep last night

EXELLENT POINT

nope. this team are hunters. they know how to expose the weakness of their opponents

@@killuazoldyk623 exactly

yup ..even the greatest shooter alive steph is driving to the basket alot more now lol , cuz defenders assume hes always goin to shoot the 3

Every other team got it wrong, everyone does 3 point with isolation while Warriors does it with ball movement that leads to 3 point

Guess he forgot that half of the mavs were on the Knicks last year

Showing him some love and then kills him with his performance 😂. But still, props to SAS for showing some love

Had to be done 🤣

“With all due respect” moment

He does this on daily basis unfortunately

JJ is smart. good addition to the show

He Corny

@@alexmacdonald9182 he is smart. but boring for tv

@@varunaX Yeah, he might be a better writer. Guys like Stephen A, and Kendrick are the TV guys

I'm tired of these comments

Not really, as JJ said, Mavs just need a rim protector to stop those easy layups. If Reggie Bullock would have just made a few 3s and stayed as defensive as he was, Mavs could have one that game. But when you shoot 0% and are in the game virtually the entire time, that really hurts the mavs chances.

@@caleb5568 Him and Kleber. If they literally made just a few of their OPEN shots they would have won easily.😀

Mavs have no defense

@@caleb5568 ehhh. To beat the warriors you need more than just a rim protector. You need someone who could also rebound well too. The warriors are simply outrebounding the the mavs and that's another reason why the mavs are down 3 games.

You know GOLDEN never WAS THE FAVE ...SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON.....BUT ALL THE PRESS IS NOW SAYIN THE OBVIOUS..BUT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON ALL WAS LA ...NETS...AND THAT WAS ALL

Indeed this Dallas Mavs team is hella mediocre, if it wasnt for Luka they would not even made the playoffs, epic choke by the Suns!

Or how good the warriors actually are

as a warriors fan im glad the suns choked. i think the warriors suns series wouldve been game 6-7

Stop flip flopping. Its all about matchup and adjustments which in this case works in gsw favour

@@CurtachiDKidd Really it’s both This Mavs roster SUCKS, Dwight Powell shouldn’t be an NBA player and Maxi Kleber isn’t very good But yes the Warriors are talented and deep they’re a terrific team

We sure about that? The Blazers got to the WCF in 19 and choked it away we know them as a 1st or 2nd round team the mavericks aren’t deep playoff contenders yet

They are a second round exit next year if they bring this trash team back

@@blackconclave1962 Not if the GM stop bringing in scorers and bring in some defense

@@marshawnfleming2873 too bad. They are looking to make a move on Zach Levine of all ppl..

The era of the so-called superstars is coming to an end. Example, Jason Tatum put up 40 and loss also. Smart and the center come back they won🤔. I think this is Luka's third 40 point loss.

Yeah I kinda agree Dallas should not be here is what it shows and like you said it shows that cp3 choked and I think at this point 17 18 however many years it's been it proves that this is just who he is

And Somehow, Curry considered more a playoff choker than CP3 in general.

@@kobe9242 ain't no way someone thinks that for a second

@@kobe9242 I agree its ridiculous, but its also because everyone's expectations for Steph is exponentially higher than their expectations for CP3 whether people want to admit it or not. CP3 is a 12 time NBA-Allstar with no rings to his name, Steph is a 2x scoring champion, 2x MVP, and 3x NBA Champion. The bar will always be set higher for him when compared to the other point guards in the league today.

The playoffs is all about match ups

💯 Most didn’t expect them to beat the number one overall seed in the league to get here. This was definitely a successful season for them.

It’s not just that though, they actually need to start playing real defense. Including Luka, that mf is such a liability defensively unless he gets mad for a possession or two

There’s no trophy for losing though

@@TechHustle101 yeah, thats why "The Mavs need to find a better cast of characters to compliment Luka".

I think Luka's game definitely has room to grow in terms of exploiting the attention he gets to dish out assists. He doesn't need to stubbornly attempt to score almost every time he gets the ball. Need more team ball to win and less jacking up 3s. They managed to get to WCF as a team, but it's coming apart. I think it's a cop out to always say that the star "needs more help" - maybe the team needs to improve and the star needs to work on bringing out the best in his teammates

Yea Dwight Powell is horrible

They continued to get beat on the Boards, Looney was killing them, your right.

Somebody like Ayton or Bamba

If the Mavs can get Golbert ( i think hes going to be a free agent) it's a wrap

Ayton can be better with Luka

2 way Wiggs

He gets credit, he was an all-star. I think the pressure of being the #1 pick got to him. Coming to the Warriors was the best thing for him. It took the pressure away and he could just play, and play hard! He's coming into himself and it's sad that he's probably going to be gone after this season ends.

Right cuz at that point you’ve seen every adjustment and every defense possible with deep playoff and finals runs … until you do something innovative these teams are extremely tough to beat

@@rainkid8807 True. Plus, experience brings steady nerves.

This is his 3rd year in the playoffs lol.

@@rainkid8807 100% right with this...People feel the warriors should be raining 3s on every team but I feel the warriors are doing well in planning every shot...Never would I've imagined looney would've those no of points... Kerr too is a huge factor...He has seen it all even the NBA finals they lost were lessons to him...

@@wetalkhawkstv Against a team a team that has guys with more playoffs experience than Him & 5Nba finals - also healthy? The difference will always show... I expect Luka to do better and learn from his mistakes in years to come...

Tim Legler has entered the chat.

He is a regular tho 🤦🏾‍♂️

Legler

I disagree JJ needs his own show.

@@pumaphan JJ and Legler ever end up on the same show it would be all I need ESPN could just cancel the other shows.

Exactly, ZERO defense from Luka.

@@lashaunbeazer9264 And more nonsense.

I just want fans to keep the same energy. Lebron got no slack for losing to KD version.

He absolutely did. Aside from blatant haters I heard nobody blaming Lebron or questioning his greatness over losing to THAT THING that was that golden state team.

I thought “ Dallas was coming “. Lmao

0-15 is not playing good

Who should of been here if not them? They beat no1 team in the west. Suns might be a tougher matchup for Warriors but that means nothing if you cant beat one guy.

I think Luka said in his interview, last night, that he was 22. I was like, what? I thought you were 23!

Luka might not win a chip tbh unless teams get injuries like Giannis. Jokic has Murray and Mpj comming back. The Celtics in the west getting better. He is very good but there are too many teams with better 2nd and third options than he will ever have.

@@pumelelabanca1442 he’s literally 22 💀 he has so many years, so many free agents, so many drafts and so many trades that could possibly happen in the next 10 years that could help him win at least 1 😂 y’all acting like he has to win now, he’s literally the age of a college graduate

@@jaythrockvlogs yep he is young and talented. But so are the other guys I mentioned. They have teams far better than the mavs collectively. I could be wrong because they have trade asserts in Brunson and Spenser, they could get a very good second option guy who will complement luka.

He gotta work on defense bro they frying him literally putting steph or Wiggins in a pick and roll and they skating around him

Would love to see a Bradley Beal with Luka too but your correct the league needs two way players

@@marcuswilson1060 trade Brunson for Beal, Brunson is good but he’s more of a inside the paint scorer and too small. That 20 ppg is nice but having 2 player that could drop 40 any game is way better

@@thechrisuncut scoring is not their problem, it's defense and having a undersized 2 guard won't help that.

Maybe they are tired, but still no excuse to not score basically at all. Between the 2 there was a total of 9 points last night, ALL from DFS. If they are exhausted, they should have at least scored in the first half of the game.

@@thechrisuncut that would be terrible 😂 Beal doesn’t play defense either

Put the lotion down my dude lol

@@drphot6050 grow up and come out of the closet buddy. Looks a bit like your thoughts lean towards a certain way of thinking. It's okay bro.. Its 2022 you will be fine

@@liedetector80 Flight is that you?

@@drphot6050 hahaha

Look at Klay too. They looked so funny with baby faces and Klay's nose looked way bigger than it actually is, I think because he bulked up and it's showing in his face too.

The only difference is that when you have 2 starters going 0-15 you’re doomed to lose anyway..it’s easy to blame Luka but you need to see the bigger picture..

What a load of nonsense.

Luka is an excellent facilitator and a willing passer. Most of his teammates are simply not good enough, so he is forced to put the ball in his hands more to give his team a chance to win. I can assure you if the roles were reversed and he had guys like Thompson, Green, or Poole on his team, he would be passing way more.

Real quick. Pull up james harden playoff stats, and pull up luka doncics playoff stats. It's completely disrespectful to compare a playoff beast to a regular season goat.

This is arguably the best comment on this video IMO. Couldn't be more right.

Goat of what

@@stonedecatur6602 basketball

I’m a huge Steph fan, but not in the goat convo !!

If he win final MVP this year and another championship in the next year's he definitely gonna be in Kobe and LeBron discussion

​@@lounesamzal8069 lol no he wont… stop it.

But didn't they take 2 games off Utah without him?

@@allday1047 it's utah

Fax they are a 13-15 seed in the west tbh. I’d let Brunson go tbh.

@@1of1fr wdym you’d let brunson go lmao? he’s literally averaging 20+ in the playoffs.

@@1of1fr I'd keep Brunson as a 3rd option and go after another star. Like a Bradley Beal

YESSIR. CURRY MIGHT ENTER THE GOAT CONVOOOO. but we need this chip and fmvp first so Job's not finished

With an actual All-time skilled athlete leading them unlike

Been say that giving very much Brady.

How

@@johndaley2790 - all time great star who submits himself to a system greater than himself - brilliant supporting cast with overachieving players who were overlooked by other teams - mastermind coach who can adjust on the fly - chips and multiple finals appearances

Dude stop it everyone was picking the wariors to win before the series aside from Chuck, Shannon and mavs fans

nobody pick the mavs bruh Warriors was the fav to win

@@tomasleote6768 Mavs fans weren't even picking the Mavs to win. 🤣 They was talking off a Phx high but mostly praying they would at least go to 7

5 of 19 espn analysts picked Mavs

I’m not a Dallas fan but feel bad for Luka

@@felip3ruiz i feel the same way.

yup, but harder to find for a cheap price nowdays and I thought the same thing about wiggins lol... wiggins would turn mavs into an instant contender

Why not play Boban?

@@marcuswilson1060 Too slow and not very durable.

Jonas Valenciunas and Jusuf Nurkic are free agents this season, so is Deandre Ayton. They can also get Miles Bridges who is also a free agent.

Maybe, but the Warriors are thriving without one.

All facts brother kerr don't get his credit like he should he has built a winning culture and style of basketball offensively and they play defense

@@sgtslaughter573 i mean hes coached the MENTAL aspect of a game down to a SCIENCE overthere. Between GSW/BOS/MIA it was going to come down to an aspect of mental toughness paired with physicality/toughness on court. AND damned if game 3 bos/mia wasnt a telling sign that they were out of that dog race. GSW had me worried with those JA"less games but that looney game was HUGE and a byproduct of kerr going with his starters recommending he started LOONEY in their favor. Even coaching aspects like that or peership....is largely MISSED in this era of the NBA.

kerr definitely deserves credit but if you watch a lot of warriors basketball you would know how frustrating it was to watch him mismanage his personnel from time to time. Moody should have been played way more this year instead of chioza and d lee, for example. id say the same about kuminga but i think its kinda obvious now that jk did something to get himself on bad terms with kerr.

@Jim Brave bro im talking comebacks with the pg-less kawhi less clippers....this season ty lue coaches them to not give up...and last year got that team to its FIRST WCF in franchise history LMAO. youre talking about a coach that didnt start looney and also had curry coming off the bench in these playoffs LMAO literally any coach woulda done that too FASHO

He got fans? 🤣🤣

It would’ve been a quicker series against Memphis if Ja didn’t get hurt since it took a few games for the Warriors to adjust to the Memphis lineup.

@@DMalltheway I’m more so referring to how many turnovers they were commuting in that series

Next year when Klay gets his legs back, JP is more confident with Kuminga and Wisman is the second center. It's going to be a race for 2nd place for the league.

I think it's over but you never know...might see something special if they bounce back 3-0...but I seen it impossible

@@anthonylopez382 LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

@@anthonylopez382 the mavs are demoralized and no longer really want to play.

@@MacLaw3084 yeah, the post games interviews were all past tense about their season. I think if the Warriors get up on them in game 4 they aren't fighting back. 1 2 3 Cancun for them.

@@BJosephto yeah for sure. the warriors were a matchup nightmare for them

Maybe If they defend better then that 40pts would be more than enough.

@@vh2712 facts Luka giving up at least 10 points a game on blow bys

Are you blind? They had Brunson and Dinwiddie scoring plenty. It is the Warriors who have 4 players being able to score 20+. Even Green has the occasionally high double digit game. That is tough to beat for any team

He's hogging the ball

Don't feel bad..like you said he was arguably the best player on the court and he's 23, even though in the press conference he said he was 22. Lol. He will be a problem for the Warriors for the next 15 years. His time will come.

He's a real life 2K player lol

He’s also the reason that CP3 and Booker got locked up. He plays heavy minutes for defense

@Jim Brave He ain’t 6’9 bud.

@@victorsullivan9107 that was Dorian. He is the true lock down defender. Bullock too slow for Paul (got even an ankle twisted trying to stay on Paul).

look at boston tho

Doesn’t matter

THEY ALSO BEAT PHOENIX MOTHERF*******

Its the start of a season. Look at all sports across the board, many teams have slow starts.

@@bansheeofinisheerin Phx choked

3rd best core of all time sir with all due respect... 1. MJ and Pippen 2. Duncan Parker Ginobli 3. Steph Klay Draymond

@@paulmann5328 I was just about to say that ,spurs had to be 2nd especially if warriors win number 4, could have been the Lakers but Shaq and Kobe didnt stay together long enough

@@paulmann5328 but now that Wiggins is without a doubt a part of their core, they are now the best core all time.

@@paulmann5328 Heat could easily play with all three.

They wouldn't beat the heat's Lebron, wade, bosh.

wouldn’t have mattered a whole lot. Warriors are also missing gp2, and andre iguodala and opj

@@MacLaw3084 none of them are as good as Tim

Tim just provides more offense, he’s still a defensive liability.

@Jim Brave Let’s say Tim is better two way and is playing, it still wouldn’t solve the rim protecting problem Dallas has, they’d still be down at least 2-1

@@johndaley2790 that’s totally not the point. hardaway does not change this series very much. you didn’t watch much warriors basketball if you don’t know how much gp2 means to the team. he arguably gives better minutes off the bench than hardaway does as a starter lol.

Luka ain’t that bad on D

@@marcuswilson1060 lol okay...just go watch and just watch him on defense

I've heard about Lukas lack of defense on every sports show out there.

But in terms of it being the reason they struggle. They will in passing say "Well we know he's not known for his defense" but I'm talking about showing how it affects them on most defensive plays. Last night when Luka was guarding on the perimeter they started sending a guy to double whoever Luka was guarding which automatically compromises your defense. So as a teammate think about having to babysit on defense then on offense have to literally stand and HOPE he passes you the ball after he's dribbled for 21 seconds of the 24 second shot clock.

Pure and utter BS.

No he definitely picked the warriors over the Mavs lol

Zion hasn't played in 2 years.

You don't want Zion, unless you want a huge contract and a hurt player.

@@calliew311 Come on babygirl I know you don't believe that he's just doing that cause he don't wanna play for them he's a good player.

@@madman1840 He's stuck in a bad rookie contract he been trying to get off that team

1 seed - Nuggets 2 seed - Warriors 3 Seed - Suns Next season

@@StatiCRjm Suns are cooked but will be a good reg season team but can't win in the playoffs and they will probably lose Ayton.

Luka would have still destroyed them, just would not have been able to sit out the fourth quarter.

And more Luka hater BS.

@@page8301 He's speaking the truth, he is a ball hog that can't play defense. Sorry

pretty much not to mention the optics of lukas future...being better off with a legit big, or automatic inside presence beside his game. Or a potential 1st option PG so LUKA can play off ball as a pure scorer...either or to save his legs/prolong his career....bc theres no way other than injuries in the west HES making it to a finals as a FIRST OPTION ball in hand 90% of the time player. No way in the wild west...akin to pre pippen MJ or pre PHIL MJ like no matter the numbers compared to FULLY built/coached teams...he stood no match. Regardless of how out of his mind he played. And im getting those same vibes from lukas 40ppg 50% from field in this series. Its like watching MJ in the 80s vs the 76ers/celtics/bad boys.

All those players are the main guys on the team and so is Luka.

@@ducksfanharris8035 yeah but the second GIANNIS figured out IF HES THE GUY....its up to him to take the MAJORITY "HARD" shots on that team/roster night by night esp in the playoffs...the quicker he was getting up mid range to 3 point shots up with confidence/ease...it becomes a "LEAD" by example....ballgame....not just a "i got my 40" bc they literally ATE their entire teams EASY looks night by night....but learned to OFFER UP those easy looks/ideal possessions to his teammates/shooters....and take all the need-be "forced/HARD"shots as THE GUY.....thus leading by example and elevating his GAME to the NEXT level. Now a season later hes comfortable taking spot up j's and walk up 3 shots in transition. While trusting his teammates with his passes and set-up plays. IT doesnt seem like a big deal but through the playoffs last year coming into the finals....you see this SHIFT in gianni's game and it totally changes his willingness to get fouled/go inside/take FT with pride/hope etc...vs being FEARFUL to drive get hacked....etc only attempt IDEAL chippy layups or 1 on none dunks....he GREW into taking tough shots and leading his GUYS by proving HE was the GUY and capable of those KIND of possessions in the CLUTCH or closing out games. VS bing a role player/shooter thinking OH man hes going to start deferring to me or in the last 4s of shot clock im going to have to be a "BAIL OUT" basket guy. Giannis learned over his years prior in the playoffs/clutch that if youre THE GUY....youre not the guy hosing your teammates/role players....but have to EVOLVE to the guy that TAKES those hard/forced shots...with a skillset/leadership aspect of make or miss its on ME.

Everybody got a bad roster according to u the suns was the number 1 seed and they got a bad roster

@@bjr0467 The Warriors have a GREAT ROSTER according to me and, BIG SHOCKER they’re CLEARLY the best remaining team

@@ifbfmto9338 they don't have a great roster they got a good one looney is no better than Powell and kleber brunson is on the same level as Poole if they had hardaway they would probably win this series

@@bjr0467 Ok no Looney is not equivalent to Dwight Powell you’re INSANE Looney is respectable (not great but respectable) and Powell shouldn’t even BE IN THE NBA AT ALL Edit: And Kleber isn’t good Jalen Brunson and Jordan Poole are somewhat similar that’s the ONLY thing I’d agree with

@@bjr0467 Stop the cap. Powell is straight up trash. He can’t shoot, can’t rebound, can’t defend the rim or the paint. He can only occasionally catch lobs. Looney isn’t great but he very solid. He can atleast grab boards and be solid defending the rim and can catch lobs. Kleba can’t do anything besides shoot and if he can’t make a basket he is useless. He so bad right now he won’t he even shoot open. Brunson is better defensively than poole but poole could average 25 a game if he wasn’t playing with 3 other dudes that can average 20

Yeah, should look to trade him in the off-season, clearly a detriment to an otherwise Championship calibre team.

Dude. He's against GSW, a team with not only championship pedigree, and the best shooter God ever created, but a team who knows HOW to break down a series game by game. There is no shame in losing to GSW. Luka isn't ball dominant, he just doesn't have a good supporting Cast. This brother cannot be the only one dropping points and expect Ws against these teams with this level of talent. But can you blame him? He has NO HELP

@@DavidBee101 no one in there right mind should and would trade Luka. He just needs to adjust his game a little.

@@__senjutsu I get that but his supporting cast didn't play well because they got the ball when it's little time on the clock and had to hoist up a dumb shot. * most of the time, they did miss some wide open ones also.

Every game he scored 40 or more he was the best shooter on the team, look at game 3. Bullock and Kleber went 0-15, you can only see so many open three's brick before you go and do the job yourself.

😵‍💫

He’s not carrying them at all. Brunson playing well and were up 2-1 on Utah without him and the whole team is covering for his lack of defensive play .

@@followthebrickroad6518 Luka isn't carrying them LOL what kind of delusion are you in. Brunson over achieved a couple games Utah and good players don't game plan for some average player to all the sudden go off with points. Luka is playing with no other all star LOL.

@@followthebrickroad6518 Brunson is too inconsistent to be a second star, same with Dinwiddie. They could give you 10 or they can give you 30. It doesn't matter anyway just look at game 3, Reggie Bullock and Kleber were 0-15, had they made even 4 shots between them it would have been a completely different game. Everything needs to go right in order for the Mavs to be an average team, any hiccup they don't get it done.

@@randomuruk7230 Brunson has been consistent all playoffs long. The problem isn’t a star. Are you forgetting Bullock and Brunson exploded game 2 and they STILL lost ? Dallas got this far because of their defense. Yes Luka , but their elite defense and ability to shut down star players caused them to beat phoenix and Utah. They didn’t have the offensive help to beat either of those teams that series either but won.

Jackson just needs to learn how to close games better, he does too much of trying to play hero ball.

3 players over 20, and then everyone else combined had less than 15